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Honolulu, HI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Honolulu, HI (HNL) ranks #33 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Honolulu, HI posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

84.6%
On-time
Top 37%
on-time, US airports
62 min
Delay when late
0.63%
Cancelled
#33 of 382
Corpus placement
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HNL on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%84.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 2,348,183.

Late Aircraft 37.3% (876,863 min)
Carrier 53.5% (1,256,898 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 7.0% (163,473 min)
Weather 1.6% (38,590 min)
Security 0.5% (12,359 min)

HNL - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.5%) · worst: December (91%)

90%91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91%

HNL - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 97% 93.7% ▼ -3.4%

HNL - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 16.2 min · taxi-in 8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min15.5 min16 min16.5 min17 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.3 min 16.8 min ▲ +3.1%

HNL's average taxi-out (16.2 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 15.5 min (September 2025) to 16.8 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Honolulu, HI.

Cancellation Rate

0.63%

4,006 of 631,778 flights

Diversion Rate

0.06%

365 of 631,778 flights

Delay Rate

15.4%

97,030 of 631,778 flights

Top Routes from HNL

Busiest routes to and from Honolulu, HI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
HNL (Honolulu) → OGG (Kahului) 60,102 86.7% 100 mi
OGG (Kahului) → HNL (Honolulu) 60,101 84.7% 100 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → LIH (Lihue) 42,503 87.2% 102 mi
LIH (Lihue) → HNL (Honolulu) 42,502 86% 102 mi
KOA (Kona) → HNL (Honolulu) 41,340 86.9% 163 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → KOA (Kona) 41,330 87.8% 163 mi
ITO (Hilo) → HNL (Honolulu) 33,567 88.1% 216 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → ITO (Hilo) 33,561 87% 216 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → HNL (Honolulu) 29,961 82.2% 2,556 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → LAX (Los Angeles) 29,892 85% 2,556 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → SEA (Seattle) 14,557 79.9% 2,677 mi
SEA (Seattle) → HNL (Honolulu) 14,550 76.3% 2,677 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → HNL (Honolulu) 13,309 81.1% 2,398 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → SFO (San Francisco) 13,308 83.6% 2,398 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → HNL (Honolulu) 8,092 75.4% 2,762 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → LAS (Las Vegas) 8,087 84% 2,762 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → SAN (San Diego) 7,924 81% 2,614 mi
SAN (San Diego) → HNL (Honolulu) 7,916 76.5% 2,614 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → PHX (Phoenix) 6,941 85.8% 2,917 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → HNL (Honolulu) 6,936 82.3% 2,917 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Honolulu, HI, both outside Hawaii so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 84.6%).

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point, NC

84.6% on-time 116,389 flights

Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Sault Ste. Marie, MI

84.6% on-time 8,922 flights

Hays, KS

Hays, KS

84.6% on-time 8,353 flights

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning, NY

84.5% on-time 13,181 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 631,778).

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

618,821 flights 79.4% on-time

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

618,145 flights 84.1% on-time

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham, NC

616,332 flights 81.6% on-time

Portland, OR

Portland, OR

661,488 flights 84.4% on-time

Other Airports in Hawaii

Compare performance with other Hawaii airports.

OGG 84.7%

Kahului, HI

Kahului · 304,696 flights
KOA 86.3%

Kona, HI

Kona · 177,017 flights
LIH 86.7%

Lihue, HI

Lihue · 162,570 flights
ITO 88.2%

Hilo, HI

Hilo · 72,372 flights

HNL delay-share reading

The standout signal at Honolulu, HI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 53.5% of 2,348,183 delay minutes across 631,778 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.6% (5.6 pts above the 79% national average), with 97,030 delayed and 4,006 cancelled (0.63%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (37.3% late-aircraft, 53.5% carrier, 7.0% NAS, 1.6% weather, 0.5% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, HNL is strongest in September (95.5% on-time) and weakest in December (91%), a 4.5-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~9,402 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to OGG (Kahului) at 86.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Hawaii: Hawaii flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using HNL's data

HNL's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from HNL before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.